On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Daniel Lesage wrote: : Hi all. : : I've been having trouble FTPing to my Debian box over my LAN for a while : now. Here's what happens: : : Problem 1) I can't FTP as root, and I understand why. But one (and only : one) of : my users is also unable to FTP there, getting the same error message as when I : try as root. That user is not listed in the ftphosts file. What gives?
If a user's shell is not listed in /etc/shells then they will be denied ftp access. Ensure the user's shell is listed in /etc/shells. : Problem 2) I'm able to connect using any other user name. But trying to : upload : files results in "Permission Denied", regardless of where I try to upload. : Home directories' permissions look fine (rwxr-xr-x). I'd like to know what ftp daemon you run before attempting to answer this one (ProFTP has a conf file, for example). -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
